Conspiracy theory checklist

[venta]

I'm reading "The Search for the Grail", a book which could well contain a lot of rubbish.

So far, the checklist for conspiracy theory goes as follows:

Page 2 - First mention of King Arthur (since it's on the grail, I'm prepared to cut them a certain amount of slack there...)
Page 4 - first occurrence of the phrase "seems too close a comparison to be mere coincidence"
Page 4 - First mention of Kinghts Templar (Hurray!)
Page 7 - First citing of Geoffrey of Monmouth in support of a theory
Page 13 - First occurrence of 2 consecutive paragraphs blatantly contradicting each other (always a good sign, this)

Plus, of course, the usual crop of arguments ex silentia and leaps of deduction.

Looking good so far :)

Comments

I can do much better than that :)

[venta.livejournal.com]

... you can, of course, borrow it when I've finished.

However, I have, available for immediate borrowing, "Holy Blood, Holy Grail", one of the most dubious conspiracy theory books every written.

It scores quite a lot of points on the bateleur scale, contains some beatifully glaring basic errors, tried to pass itself off as scholarly, and is offensive to at least one major religion.

Re: I can do much better than that :)

[ieyasu.livejournal.com]

That's an offer I can't refuse. When can I pick it up?

Of course, if it's before Saturday you might be responsible for me failing to get into law school. Then again, I have to do something to relax over the next few days, and just sitting around my flat smoking a pipe would be bad for my health...

[venta.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Rot your brain or your lungs. Your choice :)

Baba for last orders tomorrow ?

(Anyone else Oxford-based reading this ? Fancy meeting up for a drink ?)

Considering how today went...

[ieyasu.livejournal.com]

Last orders today would be more appropriate. But last orders tomorrow wouldn't be bad, since I've decided to be sober on Friday night.

Blech. Bad mock exam.